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The Umayyad Mosque also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus (Arabic: جامع بني أمية الكبير‎ Romanization Ğāmi’ Banī ‘Umayya al-Kabīr) located in the old city of Damascus is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. It is considered by some Muslims to be the fourth-holiest place in Islam.After the Arab conquest of Damascus in 634 the mosque was built on the site of a Christian basilica dedicated to John the Baptist (Yahya) honored as a prophet by Christians and Muslims alike.

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